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diary of a fast – day 2

// January 12th, 2010 // Prayer

It’s Day #2 of what’s been tagged on twitter as our #onetruefast!

Most of today as been involved in meetings so I have to say I’ve not had a lot of time to myself – which is probably a blessing when you fast cause the last thing you want to do is hang around doing nothing. Best to stay busy.

What is happening though around my life is a lot of reinvention so I do believe that this seven days of fasting is incredibly well timed. It’s in the dawning of a new season and the start of a journey into undiscovered territiory that taking time to press into God is the most valuable thing you can do.

Fasting is not about starvation as some form of self-inflicting humility on the body in order to present oneself to the Almighty in a way which may allow us His time and response. Fasting is about bringing things into perspective! It causes you to ask the question – “What is really important?”- or more correctly – “WHO is really important?”

When all you can think about as you drive past McDonalds is “how tasty would a Big Mac be right now…?” we have to stop ourselves and question is that really the sum of what we value most in life? Or is our relationship with Jesus far more important than the hunger in our bellies? Do we crave him far more than any fast food meal or even a 5 star banquet? If someone walked up to us today and said, ‘I’d like to take you to the most expensive restaurant in London and pay for whatever you want’ – would our response be, ‘Well, yeah!! I can always fast another day…” Or do we see that right now – as we fast and pray – we’re positioning ourselves in the greatest of all banqueting halls – the hall of His amazing and life-giving presence.

Once we can make Him the most important need in our life then we create the foundation upon which He can build something magnificent. God is looking for some faith and expectation – but more than that He’s looking for our undivided attention.

Make Day #3 all about Him!